FIRST
AID
and
BASIC LIFE SUPPORT
and
BASIC LIFE SUPPORT
- Types of wounds and treatment
- Application of Tourniquet
- Basic Life Support
a. A B C
b. BLS
c.
Respiratory and Cardiovascular system
d. Techniques of Basic CPR
e.
Evacuation procedure
First Aid
“ is an
immediate treatment administered to a victim of injury or illness before the
services of a doctors.”
“ Keeping the patient alive until the doctor arrives”
Aims of
First Aid can be summarize as 4P’s
- Preserve Life
- Prevent further injury
- Promote recovery
- Protect the unconscious
Classification
of Wounds
Open
Wounds - there is a break in the skin
or mucus membrane.
- Close wounds - Involves underlying tissues without a break in the skin
- Abrassion
“ results from scraping of the skin.” - Incised
“ cuts, commonly cause by sharp objects.” - Lacerated
“ jagged, irregular or blunt breaks or tears in the skin.” - Punctured
“irregularly caused by pointed objects.” - Avulsion –
involve forcible separation or tearing of tissue from the victims body.
COMPLICATIONS
OF WOUNDS
- Bleeding – continuous flowing of blood from the wound.
- Infection – the healing process is delayed by infection
TREATMENT
- Close wounds:
R - Rest
I
- Ice
C - Compression
E - Elevation
- Open Wounds – Control bleeding through:
D -
Direct pressure
E
- Elevation
P
- Pressure Points
T
- Tourniquet
Basic Life
Support (BLS) includes:
•
Prompt
recognition and action for MI and stroke
to prevent respiratory and cardiac
arrest
•
Rescue
breathing for victims of respiratory
arrest
•
Chest
compression and rescue breathing for
victims
of cardiopulmonary arrest
Basic Life
Support (BLS) includes:
•
Attempted
defibrillation of patients with VF or VT with
Automatic External Defibrillator(AED)
•
Recognition
and relief of foreign body airway
obstruction
Elements
of Basic Life Support (BLS)
- initial assessment
- airway maintenance
- expired air ventilation
- defibrillation for VF/VT
- chest compression
The ABC
of BLS
- A – Airway
- B - Breathing
- C - Circulation
How does
CPR work?
- All living cells of our body need a steady supply of oxygen to keep us alive.
- Breathe air into the victim’s lungs to provide oxygen into the blood.
- Press on the chest to move oxygen-carrying blood through the body.
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